| Show irrigation AND FRUIT MOAB grand co utah august 1895 reading beading over utah agricultural college bulletin no 89 39 caused me tu to think in regard to the watering of our crob carols the report gives the amount of water used and the result of crop crap now my experience la Is that this to is a hard bard point to settle to bay the amount of water and the time be tween waterlog as aa there la in so flu much difference antho lo 10 toe evaporation some times we have warm hlll still days day not any wind and even the weather la Is hot and a few clouds are passing over evaporation ili ia not an aa ciuch in a week HB as there ia in a day of dry wind A person has baa to waton and examine bis baft crud to know when it needs needa water it will do as aa much damage to water some crops before it is needed deeded as it to ia to let jet them suffer buffer some gome lor for water corn is ia a crop easily damaged by water while young it should not be watered it it will grow at all ail without then when it la Is watered it should be cultivated as aa soon as aa dry enough ame think cultivation is ia only to kill weeds and that is ia a mistake tbt abc soil baij wants wanta stirring because the plants get a great deal of nutriment from the air through the roots some say aay we never cultivate small email grain yut yet if you will experiment by plau planting tAug some in bills and giving it a good cultivating tiva ting through the season you will be surprised at the he results re aulta now to return to irrigation how many MADY of our farmers can tell when a crop needs needa irrigation I 1 kiowa knew a man who nad had a crop ot of corn anti and who said to me one day my curn is ia yellow and I 1 have watered it every weeke wee week kJ while at the bame time if he ba had bad not watered at all his hia corn boorn would have been better for its it As ae I 1 had bad not but watered my corn at that time an orchards kioes not need near as ae much water as aa other crops in my trav gravells ells I 1 notice mat the most of the orchard are watered too mu much a b on pairs page seventy five ot of the bui bulletin letio tin in speaking about su sub b irrigation it is suggests having li a hole aured to in the he tube lube opposite the vines if I 1 were only to have hare a hole at every vine I 1 would as aa soon have it between the vines an aa there fire re more small boutil boata to take up the water my way for irrigation is ia to got get all the ground watered if there la in a dry spot it does doea nut not furn furnish leb any nutriment to the tree or vine vice I 1 have ha seen pardee panics run a furrow alongside of the trees and then dig a hole by the tree to hold bold water then hen leave all the ground between the trees dry as aa though n a tree was wag like a cow and could drink its ita fill an aa it it had bad a mouth at the be trunk of the tree A tree has baa a multitude of mouths but they are at the end of the rooted route all ot of we the little bibera have a slid it they are supplied they will multiply very fast A person to be a successful horticulturist should be able to tell by the looks of a tree whether it was famishing tami ahing or not as readily as am a stockman cokman st can tell whether late cowls ox or borses have enough to eat it dues not pay to raise bogs and not test teer them enough nor does doea it pay to grow fruit unless you grow the beat beal and the way to do la Is to feed the trees fill all all their mouths not liot only a few at the trunk of the tree I 1 can tell a tree that to ia famishing as aa well as aa I 1 oan can tell a fat at horse from a poor one but there are a great many things I 1 do not know I 1 do not know for in stance how bow to prune BO 00 SO aa not dot to krow lou much wood I 1 have alter to move from my or ort orr t chard I 1 have read where men have said you should prune for fruit I 1 would like someone to inform me through the be how to prune so there would not be so large a growth of wood and a good growth I 1 notice where I 1 have large jorge fruit the trees make a large growth I 1 have apple trees s that will yield thirty bucheli of apple shia year and they have a growth 0 wood of three to four feet now it is in a expense to anre all those these limbs to out back I 1 do my pruning in the winter commence as an boon as the leaves are oft off and I 1 have the leaves plowed under I 1 would like to ask a few questions through the NEWS of some of our hor what is the best fertilizer for trees how often should it be ap aliso what to is the best paying crop how to Is the best beat way to market fruit 0 W WARNER |
